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Recent Corrections

  • US: Heat Emergency Plans Missing Pregnancy, Racial Justice

    This news release was updated on October 23 to include mention of relevant findings in a Buzzfeed article from August.

  • Egypt: 49 Executions In 10 Days

    October 22, 2020: 

    The first paragraph has been updated to reflect the correct number of executed men who were convicted in criminal cases. 

     

  • Grocery App Workers' Rights Are Under Siege

    Updated 10/8/2020 12:15 pm ET: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Karyn Johnson-Dorsey started experiencing flu-like symptoms in April. She experienced them from February to April.

  • War and COVID-19 in Yemen

    This piece has been updated to reflect the full list of countries that have resumed arms sales to Saudi Arabia in 2020. 

  • UN: Deny Rights Council Seats to Major Violators

    In a previous version of this release we stated that Russia has used its veto power in the UN Security Council 15 times to enable Syria to continue using chemical weapons with impunity and to block referral of the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court. It has been updated to reflect that Russia has used the veto power 16 times. 

  • In Cameroon, Government Secrecy in the Management of Funds Destined for Covid-19 Response

    This op-ed has been updated to correct the end date of Cameroon’s financial year. The correct end date is December 31.

  • Deadly Consequences

    Due to a drafting error relating to one of the report’s recommendations, this report has been updated on September 21, 2020

  • Greece: Transfer Refugees and Asylum Seekers to Safety on Mainland

    Update (September 16, 2020): The quote from Syed Suhail Bin Syed Zin was added to this article after its initial publication.

    Update (September 8, 2020): The following 17 organizations have also endorsed the statement after its publication, increasing the number of signatories from 31 to 48:

    ANTIGONE - Information and Documentation Centre on Racism, Ecology, Peace and Non Violence 

    Are You Syrious?

    ARSIS – Association for the Social Support of Youth

    CEAR (Spanish Commission for Refugees)

    Ecological Movement of Thessaloniki

    Generation 2.0 RED

    Greek Housing Network

    InterVolve - Irida Center

    Lesvos Solidarity

    Medecins du Monde – Greece

    Mobile Info Team

    Odyssea

    Safe Passage International

    Solomon

    Wave – Thessaloniki

    World Refugee and Migration Council

    ZEUXIS

  • Bahrain: Lawyers Prosecuted on Speech Charges

    September 9, 2020

    The name of Bahrain's justice minister has been corrected to Khalid bin Ali Al-Khalifa.

  • Egypt: Man Dies in Unjust Detention

    This version of the press release has been updated to reflect Mahmoud's age, full list of chronic illnesses, and experience in detention.